excommunicate
verb/ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/UK/ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkeɪt/US/ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkət/UK/ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkət/US
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“put out of the community”). See -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumian.
- borrowed from excommunicātus
Definitions
To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
- “Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It’s absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.
To exclude from any other group
To exclude from any other group; to banish.
- Although our Macs served us well, in those early, dark years Macintosh users were effectively excommunicated by the computer establishment.
Excommunicated.
- […]the iewes had conſpyred allredy that yff eny man did confeſſe that he was Chriſt / he ſhulde be excommunicat out of the Sinagoge.
- Thou ſhalt ſtand curſt, and excommunicate[…]
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An excommunicated person.
The neighborhood
- synonymdisfellowship
- synonymtakfir
- neighborexcommunication
Derived
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